Jane_Doe22
Well-Known Member
If you want to disagree, then please disagree with actual beliefs and not these^ straw man copied from an "anti-cult" website. No one has needs of ^these spins, and there is nothing dangerous about getting facts straight.They believe that God was once a man, that after he died he became a God, that through his wife he had children of whom Jesus is one.
They believe there are an infinite number of gods and that they can become the god of there own world.
These are not Christian teachings.
The marks of a cult are simple.
They deny that Jesus is God, Mormons say he is a God, not part of the triune God.
They deny the authority of the bible. Mormons say our Bible is corrupt as it contradicts the book of Mormon, which is superior to the Bible.
Claim to have new teaching or revelation other than the bible. Book of Mormon.
Actual beliefs, focusing with the most important ones: I already specifically covered the fact that LDS Christians do indeed celebrate the fact that Jesus the Son of God. You literally can't even join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints without affirming this. Christ is the one and only Son of God, has always existed, always been God, created the Earth, born of Mary, died for my sins, rose again, and ascended to Heaven. He is a different person that the Father- like when Christ prays He's not talking to Himself, He's talking to the Father. The Holy Spirit/Ghost is a third person. Together these three persons are one God. Perfectly united, same glory, same mercy, same page about everything. You can't follow the Son and rebel against the Father for example- that make zero sense.
Here's the actual disagreement with the Creedal Statements on the nature of God: the Athanasian Creed, written 500 AD states that the Father, Son, and Spirit are one through a shared substance. What this means I find varies widely to people. I don't ratify this statement because I don't find it in scripture nor does it conceptual make sense without heavily pagan Greek philosophy. That's the actual difference.